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Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Global internet video use was 26% higher on the day of the Royal Wedding

"Sandvine’s report on Royal Wedding internet use underscores several main points…
The event was a television event: TV sucked users from their internet screens.
But internet video use, for viewers not at a TV, jumped - up 26 percent over normal Fridays. “YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) remained the largest source of video when measured in absolute bandwidth.” BBC iPlayer traffic was up nearly sevenfold.
Social media was also popular - Twitter and Facebook traffic saw a day peak during the ceremony itself and the balcony kiss.
A more modest mobile spike - “Mobile networks experienced larger, but more compact surges, suggesting ... people were being efficient with data usage, only using mobile devices for the highlights.”

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Akamai reported that the wedding was the sixth-largest web event ever, measured in terms of page-views per minute.

Bear in mind - Royal Wedding day was a public holiday in the UK; most people were not at their work computers."